Birds of a feather, flock together. RIP Betty Grissom
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It wasn't just the astronauts who were courageous.
Video: FULL VIDEO BUILD TAMIYA F-16C 52+ Fighting Falcon
1/48 F-16C Block 52+ Fighting Falcon
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1:48 Lockheed Mar.F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
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More detailed info for mixing Tamiya paints will be uploaded [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109E-7
The Bf-109E-7 was the airplane the Luftwaffe should have had at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, since it was the first Bf-109 to be plumbed to carry a 300-liter drop tank, which increased its range from 660 km (410 mi)to 1,325 km [...]
Glenn Miller band’s first radio broadcast
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On Tuesday, June 14, 1938, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra opened at the Paradise Restaurant at 1619 Broadway in New York City for two weeks. They shared the bill with Freddie Fisher’s Schnicklefritzers. Their first broadcast was [...]
Pilot’s Last Flight
For Christmas of 2003, I found a gentleman at a local airport who owned a T-28, one of the primary trainers my dad had flown earning his wings. I offered to pay him to take my dad up for a flight in his plane, but he agreed to do it and [...]
F-4C, Cam Ranh Bay, S. Vietnam
In November 1966 dad landed at Cam Ranh Bay in S. Vietnam, with the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron. When he departed in September of 1967 he had flown 241 missions for 401.6 combat hours, with 69 of those missions over N. Vietnam. I don't [...]
One more Miller radio broadcast
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Glenn Miller on the NBC Blue Network, 1939:
Some more music to model by
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Another interesting radio recording of Glenn Miller. Pre-War - New Year's 1940. (Playing at the Cafe Rouge of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City - "Pennsylvania-6-5000" was the phone number)
I had the good fortune to [...]
F-14 Jolly rogers 1/72 Hasegawa
Built oob.
Painted with gunze and tamiya acrylics, model master metallics.
weathered with oils.
